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After another nail-biting weekend at the bottom of the Premier League, a path has opened up for Leicester to make a dramatic escape from relegation.<\/p>\n
The failure of Everton and Leeds to pick up wins means the second-bottom Foxes could move out of the bottom three on goal difference if they beat Newcastle on Monday.<\/p>\n
Draw or lose though, and it will be Everton who remain above the dreaded bottom line going into the final weekend.<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe are pretty much in the last chance saloon with a game against Newcastle,\u201d said Leicester manager Dean Smith.<\/p>\n
\u201cDisappointment and frustration are the two words I\u2019d say I\u2019ve seen. But we are running out of games to put that right and the players know that.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Toffees scored a 99th-minute equaliser\u00a0against Wolves on Saturday\u00a0and manager Sean Dyche says they will fight to preserve their top-flight status.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt sends another message that we\u2019re alive and ready, we\u2019re taking it on,\u201d he said. \u201cThe mentality has got stronger and stronger, particularly away from home.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think there\u2019s been an obvious shift, but it means nothing unless we take care of ourselves next week.\u201d<\/p>\n
Leeds\u2019 destiny is now out of their hands after slipping to a\u00a03-1 defeat against West Ham\u00a0on Sunday, leaving them two points behind Everton in 18th place, with Tottenham lying in wait on the final day at Elland Road.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe slipped up last week when we could have won and today we haven\u2019t shown the quality when needed,\u201d said manager Sam Allardyce. \u201cSo next week has to be much, much better.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe players need to roll their sleeves up, apply themselves in the right way, beat Tottenham and hope other results go in our favour.\u201d<\/p>\n
The relegation picture became clearer in Saturday\u2019s late game when\u00a0Nottingham Forest beat Arsenal 1-0\u00a0to secure their place in the top flight for next season, meaning is two from three to decide who will join already relegated Southampton in the Championship.<\/p>\n
How it stands<\/strong><\/p>\n Nottingham Forest (16th, 37pts)<\/p>\n Safe<\/strong><\/p>\n Nottingham Forest are in the Premier League for the first time since 1998-99 after winning promotion from the Championship last season and Steve Cooper signed 30 players in a bid to keep them in the top division.<\/p>\n He achieved that aim with a game to spare after Taiwo Awoniyi\u2019s goal sealed victory against the Gunners that also\u00a0secured the Premier League title for Manchester City.<\/p>\n Still to play:\u00a0<\/strong>28 May: Crystal Palace (a)<\/p>\n Everton (17th, 33pts)<\/p>\n Everton podcaster Ped McPartland tells The Football News Show his club are \u201cfacing a crisis\u201d<\/p>\n Everton\u2019s results improved after Dyche became manager at the end of January following the sacking of Frank Lampard, but not enough to steer them clear of trouble.<\/p>\n They were seconds away from defeat against Wolves, but only time will tell how crucial Mina\u2019s late goal will be.<\/p>\n \u201cThe mood around Goodison Park would have hit the floor had they left Molineux with the defeat that would have left their Premier League existence even more fragile,\u201d said BBC Sport chief football writer Phil McNulty.<\/p>\n \u201cInstead, Mina pounced in a crowded scene to give Everton a point that may yet prove priceless as they go into their final home game against Bournemouth.<\/p>\n \u201cGoodison Park will be full of passion next Sunday as Everton hope they can make their third last-day escape of the Premier League era.\u201d<\/p>\n Still to play:<\/strong>\u00a028 May: Bournemouth (h)<\/p>\n Leeds United (18th, 31pts)<\/p>\n Jesse Marsch was sacked as manager in February with Leeds on a seven-game winless run but, after an encouraging start, things got tough for new boss Javi Gracia and he was subsequently replaced by Allardyce.<\/p>\n Leeds boosted their survival hopes with a spirited 2-2 draw at home to Newcastle at Elland Road last weekend, but Sunday\u2019s defeat away at West Ham means their fate is now out of their hands.<\/p>\n The Whites finish the season at home to Tottenham Hotspur.<\/p>\n Winger Luis Sinisterra, whose goal against Leicester on 25 April was his third in five games, isn\u2019t available for the run-in owing to an ankle ligament injury, but Junior Firpo is available for the Spurs game after missing the West Ham defeat with a one-game ban.<\/p>\n Still to play:<\/strong>\u00a028 May: Tottenham (h)<\/p>\n Leicester City (19th, 30pts)<\/p>\n Leicester finished eighth last season and reached the Europa Conference League semi-finals, but they made an awful start to this campaign, picking up only one point in their first seven matches.<\/p>\n Manager Brendan Rodgers has been replaced by Smith until the end of the season, but they have dropped into the relegation places.<\/p>\n Leicester have an array of attacking talent, but their problem has been conceding goals, having failed to keep a clean sheet in their past 20 matches.<\/p>\n Still to play:\u00a0<\/strong>22 May: Newcastle (a); 28 May: West Ham (h)<\/p>\n Southampton (20th, 24pts)<\/p>\n Relegated<\/strong><\/p>\n Southampton will be playing Championship football in 2023-24 after a 2-0 loss to Fulham on Saturday extended their winless streak to 11, including eight defeats, and confirmed their relegation.<\/p>\n They are another side on their third manager of the season after they sacked Ralph Hasenhuttl in November.<\/p>\n He was replaced by Nathan Jones, who only lasted eight Premier League matches and picked up one win before he was also dismissed.<\/p>\n Ruben Selles, assistant manager under Hasenhuttl, was next in line, but he has not been able to keep them up.<\/p>\n Still to play:<\/strong>\u00a021 May: Brighton (a); 28 May: Liverpool (h)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n![\"The](\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/_129797065_-26ea3baa-20d5-4343-8a24-8c4026be7490.png\")
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